Pune: The Maratha community and the OBC community are at loggerheads over the issue of reservation in Maharashtra. Reservation is creating a rift between two communities. The Mahayuti suffered a major setback in this year's Lok Sabha elections due to the issue of reservation. Fadnavis was speaking at the BJP's executive meeting in Pune.
"Today the agitation for Maratha reservation is going on in the state. I appeal to Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and Nana Patole to first clarify their stand on Maratha reservation. He should first tell whether it is permissible to give reservation to Marathas from OBC.
However, the three leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are taking a double stand on reservation. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is working to keep the Maratha and OBC communities at bay. We will not rest till this veil of Maha Vikas Aghadi is torn, "Fadnavis said. (Devendra Fadnavis On Maratha Reservation)
"The Bharatiya Janata Party has always made its stand clear on Maratha reservation. We are of the view that the poor people of the Maratha community should get reservation. In fact, the fight for reservation began in 1982. At that time, Annasaheb Patil had asked the Congress chief minister for reservation.
But he didn't make the reservation. Since then, there have been several governments in the state. Sharad Pawar has been chief minister of Maharashtra four times. But he didn't make the reservation. We had given reservation to the Maratha community.
Not only was the reservation given, it was upheld in the High Court. The matter had also reached the Supreme Court. However, till the time we were in power, the Supreme Court had refused to stay Maratha reservation three times. But unfortunately, under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to the state and Maratha reservation was cancelled.
After the formation of the Eknath Shinde government in the state, we gave 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community. Today the Maratha community is benefiting from it. Police recruitment is going on in the state. Thousands of youths have got jobs. Despite all this, the way the politics of Maratha reservation is going on. It is unfortunate,.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil (Devendra Fadnavis), State BJP president Chandra Shekhar Bawankule and national general secretary Vinod Tawde were also present on the occasion. (Vinod Tawade), Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (Bhupender Yadav), Ashish Shelar and Piyush Goyal (Pankaja Munde),
Mangal Prabhat Lodha is present. (Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024).